Senior Quality Systems Engineer

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

4h•$113,000 - $155,000

About The Position

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. Commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known. Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. You will be solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. You’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. This is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. About the Team: The Reliability team at Relativity Space ensures quality is built into every stage of the Terran R design and production process, embedding reliability from the very beginning. The team works directly with design, manufacturing, test, and launch teams to stay close to the hardware, understand constraints, and proactively shape decisions. As the program moves from development into production and scaled operations, this is the time to establish the right processes, controls, and inspections without slowing progress. The team plays a key role in balancing risk, fostering a culture of ownership, and making sure speed never comes at the cost of reliability. Success means creating a quality system that scales with the Terran R program and Relativity as a whole. About the Role: Develop, implement, and improve the quality management system in alignment with customer expectations and applicable regulatory requirements, international standards, and industrial methodologies. Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and other cross functional teams to ensure our defined processes are robust to drive mission success throughout the entire product lifecycle. Own Document Control system, ensuring accurate, compliant, and efficient management of controlled documents, records, and change control processes. Plan and lead internal audits to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the QMS. Direct and support root cause investigations and corrective and preventive action process to drive improvement of the management system. Provide training and guide cross-functional teams on quality systems continuous improvement initiatives. Monitor and measure management system data and report to management to drive the system improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, or related STEM field
5+ years of experience in quality systems or quality engineering, familiar with QMS platforms and digital applications, preferably in aerospace
In-depth working experience of AS9100 or ISO9001 requirements and principles
Certified QMS lead auditor (AS9100 preferred)
Strong skills in document control, process mapping, and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and improve the quality management system in alignment with customer expectations and applicable regulatory requirements, international standards, and industrial methodologies
Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and other cross functional teams to ensure our defined processes are robust to drive mission success throughout the entire product lifecycle
Own Document Control system, ensuring accurate, compliant, and efficient management of controlled documents, records, and change control processes
Plan and lead internal audits to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the QMS
Direct and support root cause investigations and corrective and preventive action process to drive improvement of the management system
Provide training and guide cross-functional teams on quality systems continuous improvement initiatives
Monitor and measure management system data and report to management to drive the system improvement